Pair Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Wucai Glaze Porcelain Double Dragon Fish Vases, 1890 Decorative Arts After the Revolution

After the Revolution

A very good antique 18th Century English Georgian Chippendale oak paneled back settle bench

the slanted paneled base is raised on a plinth base with corresponding gadrooning and the original brass casters

with ornate ormolu mounts to the knees and a line of ormolu trim connecting a gilt bronze sabot to the foot

Pair Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Wucai Glaze Porcelain Double Dragon Fish Vases, 1890 Decorative Arts After the RevolutionA fine pair of antique Chinese porcelain Wucai glaze vases modeled with leaping dragon fish or Arowana, late Qing dynasty, circa 1890, Ex Sothebys London. The baluster shaped vases are each decorated in high relief with a pair of dragonfish (known as Arowana), these fish are highly prized by the Chinese as symbols of prosperity & good fortune. The vases having Wucai or Five Color Glaze the pink colored fish on a green ground with cream colored jets of